Daniel Turpin is a rising, hard-nosed Citadel linebacker with special-teams grit
In the 2025 season, Daniel Turpin appeared in all 12 games for The Citadel and logged 3.0 total tackles, then entered 2026 as a redshirt sophomore and one of the team’s more experienced returners at linebacker. He’s a 6-foot, 220-pound defender from Decatur, Georgia who has already shown commitment to staying put and developing within the program, and The Citadel has highlighted him in its 2026 fall-camp linebacker preview alongside veteran Zyion Brown. For a team, he looks like a dependable, buy-in-first prospect whose value starts with toughness, continuity, and special-teams reliability.
